How to Launch a Killer Income Generating WordPress Blog in 24 Hours

Blogging is one of my favorite “growth hacking” methods. It let’s you share your thoughts and separate yourself as a leader in your field. Blogs also help you build your email list which you will learn in going to be one of your biggest business assets. Fortunately for you, creating an income generating WordPress blog doesn’t need to take long to get started. Here is how you can get one up and running in just 24 hours.

You will of course need to continually create great content (and plenty of “evergreen” content), but this process I am about to share with you is going to help you create a hub for your content that is optimized for traffic and a place that you will actually want to write.

Remember: You can change any of this later on! Logo, blog title, hosting etc. Don’t wait to start, just freaking start!

Step #1 Pick a Niche [1 HR +]

Your niche should be a combination of something that interests you and something that makes money. If your topic fulfills only one of these, it isn’t a good money earning/brand building blog.

If you want a hobby blog and aren’t looking to monetize, go for it, but EntreResource.com is about helping you make money.

Be sure to not overdo it with plugins. You will be tempted to install everything under the sun, but it can quickly weigh your site down and hurt you performance.

Step #7 Get a Simple Logo on Fiverr or Design Your Own [1 hour]

This part doesn’t matter much yet. If you don’t want to do it, don’t, but it doesn’t take long. If you want a premium logo (recommended later) you can check out 99 Designs, but for a weekend blog, don’t worry about that yet.

Step #10 Start Collecting Emails [Immediately!] [2 hours]

Do not wait to start collecting emails. I spend quite a bit on my email marketing tools, but you can get started for free.

So many people screw up and start putting side bar ads instead of grabbing emails. Reality –> You aren’t going to make much money on ads on a new blog, but emails will make you money far into the future.

Step #12 Create Your Social Media Presence [3 Hours]

You won’t have a significant number of members for awhile, but you should create AT LEAST a Facebook fan page.

There are other mediums of course and it is up to you which you pursue the most. I like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest (in that order).

Twitter is dead to me and I know I need to get on Snapchat, I just haven’t.

Step #13 Start writing articles! [Rest of time]

If you don’t get any articles written but do everything else above, that is a win in my book.

I recommend that you start writing in Google Drive (Google Docs technically, but they are stored in Google Drive). This makes saving, sharing and editing accessible from any computer with internet.

Ok, good luck to you!

About the author

Nate McCallister

Nate is the founder and main contributor of EntreResource.com. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur who spends his time building businesses and raising his two kids Sawyer and Brooks with his beautiful wife Emily. His main interests include copywriting, economics and piano.